Chief cheerleader Jagatramka quits Hawks

Fallen mining magnate Arun Jagatramka has left the board of the Wollongong Hawks, just weeks after saying he would stay with the NBL club he helped save.

Explaining his departure, Mr Jagatramka told the Mercury it was because he no longer headed the company sponsoring the Hawks.

"I was appointed to the Hawks board as a representative of the major sponsors and having resigned from the company, I thought it fit and proper to resign my nominated position on Hawks board as well," he said.